Well... There is something to be said for public statements of intent and focus. There are also the cost savings in not developing Symbian anymore. But I agree

Well... There is something to be said for public statements of intent and focus. There are also the cost savings in not developing Symbian anymore. But I agree that this seemed pretty reckless especially since WP7 was/is still at such an early phase. It basically multiplied the risk that future nokia phones would be crap by the risk that windows would be crap.